Bottle-holding attachment for bottle-washing machines.



QPAT'BIITED JULY 53 1, 1908.

P. BOGH. LE HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE WASHING MACHINES BUTTAPPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1907.

W/TIVE AYTOHNES PHILIPP EDGE, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

BOTTLE-HOLDING ATTACIUIIENT FOR BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINES,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908,

Application filed June 5, 1907. Serial No. 377,291.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, PHILIPP BooH, a citizen of the United States,'residingin New York, in the borough of Queens and State of New'York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-HoldingAttachments for Bottle-Washing Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bottle-holder for bottle-washingmachines.

The object of this invention is to obviate the danger of accidents dueto breaking of the bottles in bottle-washing machines by i applying tothe housing of the water-supply tube a permanently attached,forwardly-extending holder on which the bottle is sup ported while thecleaning operation takesplace, so that it is less'exposed to breaking orursting than when holding'it b hand against the housing of thewater-sui; tube of the bottle-washing machine; andibr this urpose the inventionconsists of a bottle-hol ing attachment for bottle-washing machines,which comprises a forwardly-extending arm, means for attaching the sameto the housing of the water-supply tube and a segmental support for thebottle to be washed attached to the outer end of the arm, said armhaving a watershedding rim at an intermediate point of its length, aswill be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in theclaims.

In-the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abottle-Washing ma clune with my improved bottle-holding attachment inposition on the housing-of the water-su ly tube, Fig. 2 is a side viewof the bottle-holding attachment, drawn on a larger scale, Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section on line 3, 3, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an endelevation of Fig. 2. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figtated by the belt and p11 irection bymeans ofa oot operatedstirrup s when the bottle is placed in position, an

moved in forward direction by releasing the d cast integral with the arm0, detachable the wipers into the bott stirrup when the bottle afterbeing-cleaned-is When the.

tobe removed from the wipers. housing 1s moved backward the wipers areuncovered and spread apart by means of a spring in order to conform tothe interior'of the bottle as described in Letters Patent No. 18 56,191granted to me under date of June L4,

To the rear part of the housing a, is applied a slightlycurved,forwardly-extending b0t' tle-holding arm 0 by means of cli s d. Saidclips are formed of semicircular ower parts semicircular up er. parts dand clamping screws (1 The ront clip is somewhat larger than the rearclip so as to provide for the larger diameter of the forward part-of thehousing a. I The bottle-holding arm 0 is pro-.

vided with a slightly curved portion a adjacent to the fastening clipsd, and at its outer 'end with a segmental rest f, the slotted shank f ofwhich is guided in vertical ways f at the frontends of the arm 0 so asto be adjusted into higher or lower position by means of aclampingscrewf, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4. The ends of the segmental rest fare provided with tubular cushions g of soft rubber so as to prevent atoo violent" concussion of the bottle with the rest-piece when thebottle is placed in position on the holding attachment. When largerbottles,

such as champagne or other bottles, are to be cleaned, the smallerholder is removed and i replaced by one of larger size.

At a point of the arm 0 intermediately between the front fastening clip(I and the holder f is arran ed a raised rib 1', which extends around te entire arm and which serves for the urpose of shedding the waterdelivered by t e water-sup 1y tubeand pre-- venting it'fronrrunning a onthe arm towards the rest-piece at the end of the same.

After the bottle-holding attachment is applied by the clips d to thehousing a of the water-supply tube, theattendant places the bottle witits mouth against the mouthof thehousing and with its body on the seg;

mental rest-piece and holds it simply wit slight pressure thereon so asto retain the bottlem bottle is t depressing the stirrup, in order tomove, the housing of the water-supply tube back and e, the supply ofwater combined with therotary motion of.

the wipers cleaning 'thebottle in the usual position; on the holdingarm.- Theen cleaned in the usual manner by manner. The'stirrup is thenreleased and the bottle removed By using the bottle-holding device the oeration of cleaning bottles is greatly faciiitated and the latterfarenot so liable to be broken as Whenthey have to be held by hand againstthe housing of-the Water-supply tube.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters iatent: i v

1. In a bottle-washing machine, the CORT- bination, with the housing ofthe Water-supply tube, of a b0ttle-supporting arm, and

clips embracing said housing and by which said arm is attached to thesame, said clips tegral with said arm,

being formed of semi-circular lower parts inand detachable semicircularupper parts.

2. A bottle-holding attachment for bottleseams washing machines,consisting of a curved arm, cliplsat its rear portion for attaching itto the housing of thewater-supply tube, and a segmentalbottle-supporting rest-piece at the front end of the arm.- I

3 3. A bet 'le-holding. attachment for bottle- Washing machines,consisting of an arm, clips at its rear portion for attaching it to thehousingof the Water-sup ly tube of the machine, a segmental bott e-restat the front endof the arm, and a raised water-shedding rib atanintermediatepoint of the arm. be,- tween the front clip and rest-piece.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, it have signedmy name in pres 1;,

ence f two subscribing Witnesses.

PHILIP? BOOH. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. S'UHRBIER.

